Tool for weaver s use



(No Model.)

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J, P. HILLARD.

. TOOL FOR WEAVERS USE.

No. 390,599. Patented Oct. 2, 1888..

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UNITED STATE JAMES P. HILLARD, OF FALL RIVER,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE DRAPER 81 SONS, OE HOPEDALE,MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL FOR WEAVERS USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,599, dated @ctcber2, 1888.

Application tiled December 9], 1887 Serial No. 258,575. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JoHN P. HILLARD, of Fall River, county of Bristol,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Tool for WeaversUse, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawingrepresenting like parts.

In the manufacture of cloth on looms it-fre- [O quently happens that athread is broken or gets out of place in either the weft or warp, andso,also, it is necessary at times to pick out a thread or remove a badplace or knot.

To enable these faults to be corrected, the

weaver is provided with a sort of co1nb,consisting of needle-like teeth,held side by side in a back composed of a piece of sheet-brass bent intoU form, and with a pair ofscissors.

The comb referred to is used by the weaver to scratch the surface of thecloth where a thread is omitted, or where the threads are improperlyspaced so as to leave a thin place, the operator by such scratchingmoving the threads to place them at substantially equal distances apart.

The use of the comb referred to with its detaehed needle like teeth heldseparably in a back is very objectionable, for the reason that, as thecomb wears, the strain upon the teeth loosens them and they becomedetached, one here and one there, and enter the cloth,where theyremainbeing overlooked by the operator-while the cloth is subj ectcd tosubsequent dyeing or finishing operations.

5 A needle-point so left in the cloth, especially when passing throughthe dyeing or drying operations, invariably causes a slit or tear in thecloth, greatly damaging the same and de stroying its value in themarket.

0 This breaking out of the cloth by the presence in it of a combtooth isa very serious evil, and results yearly in a very considerable loss. Toovercome this trouble [have devised a comb the teeth of which cannot bedetached one from the other,and at the same timeto do away withotherinstrumentsI have provided the comb with a picking-out point.

The drawing represents a tool embodying my invention.

In the manufacture of my improved tool I take, preferably, a piece ofsheet-steel about two and a half inches long and aboutone and a quarterinch wide, more or less, and provide the same at one edge, by cutting orfiling,with a series of teeth, as a, by which to scratch the faceof thecloth where necessary, the said teeth being integral with the body ofthetool.

At one end the body d of the tool has a picking-out'point or prong, b,and at its other end a pair of pinchers, c, composed of two like jaws,tobe mani pulated as tweezers, the pinchers enabling the operator to pullor cut off any knot or bu nch.

My improved tool may be made cheaply, and by its use all liability ofleaving teeth in the cloth to itsinjury, and to the injury of themachinery through which the cloth is passing, is completely obviated.

I claim- The body (I of the tool toothed along one edge, as at a, andprovided at or near one end with the point I), substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES P. H ILLA RD.

WVitnesses:

WM. B. M. CHASE, J. O. BLAISDELL.

